Securing swivel-plates to perforated covers.



No. 695,424. Patented Mar. ll, I902.

c-. E. WILLIAMS.

SECURING SWIVEL PLATES T0 PEBFOBATED OOYERS.

, (Application filed July 27, 1901.)

(No Model.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE."

CHARLES E. WILLIAMS, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO AMERI- CAN CAN COMPANY, OF JERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY, AND NEW YORK,

N. Y., A CORPORATION oE'NEw JERSEY.

SECURING SWlVEL-P'LA'TES -TO-PE-RFORATED COVERS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 695,424, dated March 11,1902.

Application filed July 27,1901.

To (0Z6 whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES E. WILLIAMS, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Securing Swivel- Plates to Perforated Covers, of which'thefollowing is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide a [0 means for securinga swivel-plate to a top or cap of a box adapted to discharge powders,

condiment, and the like; and it consists, essentially, of having the perforated plate secured to the cover of the box by means of a stamped or drawn-up portion in the cover,

which passes through an opening in the plate, and in. afterward, by a die, or otherwise forc-' ing down the edge of the drawn-upzportion,

so that it slightly overlaps the plate, thus serving as a rivet-head to hold the plate in place and also permit it to turn on said drawnup portion, as will now be set forth in detail,

In the accompanying drawings, Figurel is a central vertical section of a box cover or 2 5 top, showing a central drawn up portion; Fig. 2, a central vertical section showing the perforated plate secured to the top; Fig. 3, a top view of the cover; and Fig. 4, an enlarged cross-section of portion of the cover and per-.

'istering perforations, can be turned the same the perforation 9 will coincide with similar Serial No. 69,935. (No model.)

this'drawn-u'p portion depending, of course, 6

on the sizeof the cover. Ahole is made cen- 4 trally in the perforated plate 5, so that it will permit the drawn-up portion 7 to pass through, after which the top is put'under a press and the drawn-up portion forced down, so that the edge bulges outwardly, as shown at 8, thus slightly overlapping the plate 5 and holding it in position. When thus constructed, the plate 5, which is provided with regas though riveted in the usual way, so that,

perforations in the cover 6 or be closed, as maybe desired, by the turning of the plate.

It is obvious that the extent of the pressure on thefdrawn-up portion determines the degree of'tightness between the plate and cover,.an'd it will be readily understood that thisniethod of securing together adjacent plates ,is a very simple and efficient one, in-

stead of using rivets, as the plate can be firmly fixed instead of loosely, as herein shown. What l claim is- I Acoverfor condiment-boxes, having cen trally a solid, drawn-up portion, a plate or disk with a central aperture in which the drawn-up portion rests, said drawn-up portion having its edges crimped, or compressed downwardly, to slightly overlap and hold the apertured disk, said cover and disk having registering perforations as set forth.

Signed at Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York.

CHAS. E. WILLIAMS.

Witnesses:

EDWIN A. WILLIAMS,

J AY S. J ONES. 

